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Nutrition & Food

The Protein Numbers on the Government Charts Were Never Meant to Help You Thrive

A new Frontiers in Nutrition perspective argues official protein and exercise guidelines were built to prevent deficiency, not to maximize healthspan, and that older adults in particular need far more.

Nutrition & Food

The bitter finish in your protein shake isn't the protein. It's the minerals.

A new sensory study traces the bitter, peppery aftertaste in whey protein shakes to minerals that get concentrated during filtration, not the protein itself. The fix is a manufacturing tweak. The co-author is the supplier that sells the alpha-lactalbumin line.